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 So today I'm going to share a short message about Thanksgiving.

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 When I think about this topic, I think there's a lot of things come to my mind what Thanksgiving is about.

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 And one of the things that I, the more I think about the way that we give thanks,

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 it actually points us to our Christ-centeredness.

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 The more we give thanks, the actually, the more we will center our lives in Christ.

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 So this is the big idea.

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 So there's no better time for us to actually give thanks to God in the end of this year.

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 God has done a lot of things in our lives, including some of the people we share.

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 And I'll be honest, if you give thanks and you give thanks properly,

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 I think it will increase the Christ-centeredness in our lives.

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 Okay?

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 But in the Bible, what are we talking about when we talk about Thanksgiving?

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 Thanksgiving is described pervasively through the Bible.

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 In the New Testament, there are roughly 72 places where Thanksgiving is being mentioned and being articulated

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 in the form of the words like thankful, grateful, or giving thanks.

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 And in the Old Testament, there are 102 times that Thanksgiving has been actually presented to us.

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 Largely, it's from the book of Psalms.

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 So if you look at Psalms 104 to 5, which is on the screen,

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 it summarizes what Thanksgiving to God is about.

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 So the psalmist repeatedly called the people of Israel to thank the Lord on two things.

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 The first thing is his loving kindness.

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 And the second thing is his miraculous work among the people of Israel.

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 How do we give thanks usually?

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 If I be honest with you, sometimes we give thanks without any passion.

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 So we give thanks like, although we give thanks, our heart is very distant from God.

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 So we give thanks for our meals.

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 Okay, thank God for this meal.

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 But we need to ask ourselves some hard questions.

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 Are you actually grateful to the food on the table?

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 Why not, if not?

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 So I think that's the thing that I'm thinking.

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 Sometimes our thankgiving is quite repetitive and mechanical.

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 And it doesn't have that heartfelt thanksgiving attitude.

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 So if you look at the Psalms 147, verse 1.

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 The psalmist described this quite well.

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 He said,

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 He sings to the Lord with grateful praise.

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 Make music to our God to the harp.

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 So what does it mean?

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 How does it look like when you carry that attitude and trying to give thanks before your meals?

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 I would suggest something like this.

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 In addition to our gratitude to God's providence,

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 we joyfully thank God for creating such a delicious food.

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 God, thank you for the ice cream.

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 Thank you for the barbecue pork.

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 So let your heart be joyful when you really give thanks to God,

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 rather than a mechanical, repetitive way of giving thanks.

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 That's point number one.

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 What about the New Testament?

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 The New Testament also talks about thanksgiving.

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 Especially I pick a passage in 1 Thessalonians 5.18.

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 There Paul actually explains thanksgiving in a profound way.

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 So God's will for us is rejoicing, praying, and giving constantly.

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 These are commands that are interdependent on each other.

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 What does it mean?

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 It means that rejoicing comes out of giving thanks.

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 The more thankful you are, the more joyful and prayerful you will be.

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 So what does it look like when Paul encourages us to give thanks in all circumstances?

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 I'll look at it in two angles.

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 One is when we are at a very good time.

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 The second one is when we are actually in a time where we are facing some challenges and difficulties in life.

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 Let's look at it in these two angles.

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 When good things are happening in our lives, giving thanks seems to be very natural.

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 But do we realize the ways and attitude in which we give thanks to God make a big difference in growing our Christ-centeredness?

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 We say we give thanks.

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 We are thankful for such and such things happening in our lives.

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 When a child was admitted to a school, we give thanks.

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 We are thankful.

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 When we got a job or we got a promotion, we are thankful.

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 But what are we actually thankful for?

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 When we thank the gifts without thinking about the giver, we will put our faith into the wrong place.

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 That's the...

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 Imagine when the father gives toys to his son.

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 The child is so thankful for the toys, very happy.

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 When he only focuses on the toys, not the father who gives the toys.

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 The excitement on the toys dissipates very quickly.

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 And the thankfulness will dissipate together with it.

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 On the other hand, when the son turns his thankfulness to his father for the toys,

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 the excitement continues even.

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 He gets bored with the toys because he knows that there are some more toys coming on his way.

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 So that's the difference between when we actually give thanks to the gifts rather than the giver.

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 When we give thanks to God himself, the giver, it draws our attention to him.

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 The goodness of the giver always sticks with us more than the gifts.

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 We tend to remember the giver, not the gifts.

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 Just like the son, an example I show.

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 And when we actually know that who is the giver that gives us this job, or gives us this school,

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 or gives us this relationship, we look at these things differently.

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 Because God never provides you something without a purpose.

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 God never gives you something randomly.

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 Okay.

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 So in other words, when you actually identify that the giver is the important focus,

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 we know that whatever we receive has a purpose on it.

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 For instance, if you receive a job, you get a job promotion.

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 If you know the giver is God, it points you to how you do the job.

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 You do it differently from you actually do it as if this is a random thing happening in your life.

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 So focusing on your thanksgiving on God will help you to actually receive the gift

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 and carry out what God wants you to do in that gift.

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 Make sense?

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 Okay.

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 The other end goals I want to look at is the bad times, which is a little bit more challenging.

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 How will we actually give thanks when things are not happening in the way that we want it?

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 Perhaps in a year like Joshua, losing his job, right?

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 So some of us may be becoming jobless this year.

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 Some of us may be breaking up a relationship with a girlfriend and boyfriend.

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 And some of us may have persistent health issues.

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 And some of us may be having a very difficult boss to work with.

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 Okay.

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 In those situations, is it even possible to give thanks?

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 And my answer to you is that it's not only possible, but also transformational.

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 So I would like to use this passage to encourage each one of us.

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 James 1, verse 2 to 4.

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 Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds.

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 When we look at our disappointment, failures, and even sufferings, we are often led to think along the line,

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 what have we done wrong, what have we done wrong, that God is allowing this and that happening in our lives.

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 Or is it mere bad luck?

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 It is not exactly what James encouraged us to think.

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 On the contrary, James is telling us to rejoice.

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 Think about Captain America.

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 It is invincible.

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 This is exactly what this verse is about.

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 But how does it look like in real life?

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 Let's explore a little bit on this.

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 No one will enjoy disappointment, isn't it?

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 No one will enjoy failures or suffering.

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 What is James trying to say here?

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 I think the key phrase in that verse is considerate.

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 So the path of joy is the phase considerate.

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 So it means that there is something that we need to think through

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 in the midst of our disappointment, failure, and suffering

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 in order to produce that kind of joy that James is talking about.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 And then the second question you would ask,

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 what are we going to consider?

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 Okay.

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 I think of two things.

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 One is to consider a bigger picture.

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 The second one is consider that God is shaping you through your circumstances.

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 Okay.

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 Okay.

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 When we look at things happening in our lives,

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 we are so drawn to fixate on the outcome.

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 When the outcome does not come the way that we want,

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 we are easily disappointed,

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 and our hearts grumble.

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 We refuse to see beyond the circumstances

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 for the greater good God is producing.

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 I remember I asked a friend,

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 hey, in your midst of these challenges,

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 can you consider this and this?

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 But people tend to resist that idea,

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 tend to refuse to accept that idea.

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 So, I remember when I was in college,

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 I prayed for, you know Michael Chang?

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 I prayed for Michael Chang, the tennis player in Taiwan,

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 or America,

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 to win the Grand Slam match.

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 Okay.

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 And I'm one of his fans.

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 He was a good Christian,

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 always glorifying God after winning the match,

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 and an excellent tennis prayer.

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 This seems to me a legitimate ask of God

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 to help him win.

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 So, I asked, I prayed.

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 Then I happened to know that there's a good brother of mine

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 who is praying for Stephen Adbert.

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 is Chang's opponent on that same match to win.

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 So, what was God going to do with our prayers?

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 What do you think?

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 So, I think the point I want to illustrate

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 is not the silliness of this ask,

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 but to point out the fact that we often see things

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 through the lens of our own interests.

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 We never look at other people's interests.

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 We always see things in our interests.

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 I always want Michael Chang to win.

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 Right?

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 And God is looking at the big picture.

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 Okay?

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 And he is causing all things to work for good

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 for those who love him.

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 Romans 28.28.

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 Wherever we experience disappointment and suffering,

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 could be the very blessing that God is using it

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 to bless someone else.

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 Right?

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 So, when we look at the big picture,

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 probably,

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 we will actually have some sense of what God is doing.

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 So, there are a few examples in the Old Testament

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 or New Testament on this.

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 A very famous story about Joseph.

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 A very famous story about Joseph.

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 Joseph.

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 Right?

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 Joseph was actually put into slavery by their brother.

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 Sailed into slavery by their brother.

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 Instead of growing bitter and giving up,

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 he lived a God-honoring life in the palace of Egypt.

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 What was actually in his mind,

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 we may be able to see the hint at the response

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 he made to his brother when there's a famine

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 and their family come to his palace to ask for help.

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 He considered the suffering he induced as a means

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 for God to work for the good of his family.

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 He was put there to save his family from the famine.

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 So, he is looking beyond his own circumstances.

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 For a greater good.

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 Another very, very important example is Jesus himself.

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 Look at Jesus himself.

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 He is looking beyond his suffering

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 to the joy of our salvation,

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 which empower him to endure

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 the cross and shame associated with it.

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 In Hebrew 12.2,

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 the author encouraged us to endure the suffering

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 by looking to Jesus as an example.

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 What does it say?

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 Let us run with endurance,

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 the race that is set before us,

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 looking to Jesus,

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 the founder and perfecter of our faith,

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 who for the joy that was set before him

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 endured the cross,

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 despising the shame,

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 and is seated at the right hand

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 of the throne of God.

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 So, some of you know that I have a brother,

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 an elder brother.

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 I need to take care of him

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 because he is

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 kind of disabled.

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 He has always been in my

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 heart to share the gospel with him.

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 But his life seems to be

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 moving further, further away

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 from believing in God

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 and going from bad to worse.

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 A few years back,

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 he experienced a stroke

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 causing by excessive use of alcohol,

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 and his left arm

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 was partially paralyzed.

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 His memory has been impacted a bit,

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 meaning that he cannot remember things quickly.

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 But his thinking is fully functional.

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 His wife and daughter left him

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 after this instance.

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 And you can imagine that

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 his life is basically

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 turning upside down.

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 Right?

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 And during the recovery process

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 of the stroke,

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 I was struggling to take care of him as well

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 because I was under

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 a very demanding job,

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 traveling all the time.

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 Our conversation was getting

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 more direct

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 on the gospel.

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 Talking about life and death,

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 really direct.

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 Meaning and purpose,

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 regrets and sin.

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 There were a lot of seemingly

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 hopeless and crying moments

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 in that few years.

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 But I felt that these were

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 the work of the Holy Spirit

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 in both myself and him.

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 So virtually,

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 his heart

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 was somehow open

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 to the gospel.

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 He saw himself

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 a great sinner

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 that is beyond forgiveness.

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 He knew that

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 he could not pay back

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 anything that

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 pay back anything

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 to his wife

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 and his daughter.

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 and in his despair,

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 God showed him

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 that he could be forgiven

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 regardless of his past.

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:45.980
 And this become

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:47.039
 a very important message

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.460
 to him

00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.480
 and later on

00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.160
 led him to

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:50.460
 come to Christ.

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.779
 He was,

00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:56.160
 he eventually

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:57.400
 put his trust in Christ

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 and be baptized

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 afterwards.

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 And this is

00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:02.259
 from his own saying,

00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:04.219
 if there were no

00:19:04.219 --> 00:19:04.759
 stroke,

00:19:05.459 --> 00:19:06.399
 there is no

00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:07.519
 Christ in me.

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:13.319
 I think the big picture

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.419
 of this suffering

00:19:14.419 --> 00:19:18.159
 is that God

00:19:18.159 --> 00:19:19.240
 was using a stroke

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:21.519
 to help him

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.119
 to see his need

00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:24.219
 for forgiveness.

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 I think this is

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 worth to thank for.

00:19:41.919 --> 00:19:42.919
 The second thing

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 to consider,

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:45.619
 sorry about

00:19:45.619 --> 00:19:46.579
 too serious.

00:19:47.239 --> 00:19:48.039
 The second thing

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 to consider

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:51.500
 when it comes to

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:53.440
 Thanksgiving

00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:54.660
 in our bad times

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:56.099
 is that

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:57.019
 failure,

00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:57.740
 disappointment

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:59.140
 and suffering

00:19:59.140 --> 00:20:00.839
 shape and grow

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.440
 our faith.

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.240
 Right?

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.319
 We read it before.

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.319
 In James

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.640
 1, 2 to 4.

00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:10.279
 For you know that

00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.339
 the testing

00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:12.220
 of your faith

00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:13.099
 produces

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.960
 steadfastness

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:15.519
 and that

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:16.519
 steadfastness

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.019
 have its

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.740
 full effect.

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.460
 that you may be

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:19.980
 perfect

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:21.099
 and complete

00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:21.880
 lacking

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.700
 in nothing.

00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.700
 So how does

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.640
 it actually work?

00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.880
 Just want to

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.440
 point you back

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.059
 to the story

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.660
 of my brother.

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.819
 After he

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.940
 became a Christian,

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.680
 not everything

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.279
 is good.

00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.259
 Actually,

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.880
 a lot of

00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.460
 challenges

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.880
 during the

00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:40.359
 process

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.240
 of discipling

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:41.480
 him.

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.480
 His faith

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.740
 journey

00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.720
 is basically

00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.200
 defined

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.579
 by

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 worries

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.880
 and fears.

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 And discipling

00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:56.620
 him is a

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.380
 very tough

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:59.240
 period for

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.500
 me

00:20:59.500 --> 00:20:59.980
 because

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.059
 it's over

00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.480
 a long

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.920
 period of

00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.160
 time

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:03.160
 and it's

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.620
 constantly

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.339
 week by week

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:05.120
 discipling.

00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:08.000
 I would

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:08.639
 honestly say

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.000
 that I

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.439
 don't want

00:21:09.439 --> 00:21:09.779
 to visit

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.219
 my brother

00:21:10.219 --> 00:21:11.659
 because

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.179
 every time

00:21:12.179 --> 00:21:12.719
 I visit

00:21:12.719 --> 00:21:13.199
 him there's

00:21:13.199 --> 00:21:13.679
 a grumbling

00:21:13.679 --> 00:21:15.339
 and complaining

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:16.979
 and you

00:21:16.979 --> 00:21:17.439
 can tell my

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:17.799
 wife,

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.279
 ask my

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.599
 wife,

00:21:19.179 --> 00:21:19.939
 she keep

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.479
 praying for

00:21:20.479 --> 00:21:20.899
 me every

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.259
 time.

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.400
 life.

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.220
 But as I

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.180
 disciple my

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.480
 brother,

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:30.940
 one thing

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:32.379
 I find

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:32.879
 that God

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:34.720
 is reviewing

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:36.599
 to myself

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:37.599
 my own

00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:37.960
 fraud

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.879
 through

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.660
 understanding

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.420
 what my

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:40.839
 brother's

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.359
 fraud is.

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.919
 I see

00:21:42.919 --> 00:21:44.379
 myself

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:44.759
 in my

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.019
 brother.

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.819
 We are

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:48.679
 same

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.000
 mother,

00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:49.719
 same

00:21:49.719 --> 00:21:50.059
 father.

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.099
 We carry

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.519
 similar

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:51.899
 blood,

00:21:52.959 --> 00:21:53.199
 carry

00:21:53.199 --> 00:21:53.779
 similar

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:55.019
 upbringing.

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.240
 So that

00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:56.779
 actually

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.899
 resonates a

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:58.219
 lot of

00:21:58.219 --> 00:22:00.159
 me on

00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:00.439
 his

00:22:00.439 --> 00:22:00.919
 challenge.

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:01.879
 What he

00:22:01.879 --> 00:22:02.639
 needs from

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.559
 God's mercy

00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.299
 is also my

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.779
 needs for

00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.379
 God's mercy.

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.559
 And I'm

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.099
 so thankful

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.259
 that I

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:09.159
 understand more

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:09.879
 about myself

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.879
 by looking at

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.299
 my brother.

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:13.459
 the second

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:14.059
 thing which

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.559
 is very,

00:22:14.679 --> 00:22:15.779
 very thankful

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:17.319
 is that I

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.719
 start to

00:22:17.719 --> 00:22:18.199
 learn how

00:22:18.199 --> 00:22:19.159
 to take

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:19.839
 care of

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.799
 people that

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.179
 are in

00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:21.459
 need.

00:22:25.959 --> 00:22:26.539
 The

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.240
 billion ways

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.719
 I use

00:22:27.719 --> 00:22:29.579
 to counsel

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:31.639
 people with

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:33.019
 good reasons.

00:22:34.979 --> 00:22:35.839
 All this

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.500
 strategy

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.199
 doesn't work

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:37.579
 with my

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:37.819
 brother.

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.859
 He doesn't

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.399
 understand.

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:42.459
 it doesn't

00:22:42.459 --> 00:22:42.959
 stick with

00:22:42.959 --> 00:22:43.139
 him.

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.779
 He just

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.159
 need me

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:46.419
 to be

00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:46.639
 there.

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.119
 I recall

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.859
 many moments

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.379
 that I

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:53.819
 am

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.439
 frustrated

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:55.059
 and

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:59.000
 really

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.439
 becoming

00:22:59.439 --> 00:23:00.119
 a few

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.599
 a little bit

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:00.959
 hopeless

00:23:00.959 --> 00:23:01.479
 how to

00:23:01.479 --> 00:23:01.939
 help him.

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.700
 right?

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.279
 And

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:07.559
 almost

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.320
 every time

00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:08.740
 the Holy

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.259
 Spirit

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:11.960
 will

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.460
 give me

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.840
 words

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:13.840
 to say

00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:14.200
 to my

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.620
 brothers.

00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:18.220
 Sometimes

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.519
 it's

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.059
 strange.

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.799
 The words

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.259
 come out

00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:21.120
 to me

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.580
 are silly

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:22.000
 words

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.759
 but to

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:22.920
 my

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.200
 brother

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:24.799
 he

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.279
 resonated

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.200
 a lot.

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.240
 That's why

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.940
 I see that

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.759
 this is from

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.059
 the Holy

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.440
 Spirit.

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.180
 it's not

00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.620
 for me.

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:31.759
 What I

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.480
 think I

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.160
 am

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.820
 clever on

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:34.259
 trying to

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.559
 do

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.039
 reasoning

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.519
 doesn't

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:35.860
 work

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.820
 with my

00:23:36.820 --> 00:23:37.059
 brother.

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.759
 I'm so

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.320
 thankful that

00:23:42.320 --> 00:23:42.660
 God is

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.279
 humbling me

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.259
 and comforting

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.660
 me

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:47.059
 in this

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.320
 way

00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:49.279
 so that I

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.700
 will be able

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.140
 to comfort

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.620
 others.

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.000
 It also

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.860
 reminds me

00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:55.359
 Paul's

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:55.679
 own

00:23:55.679 --> 00:23:56.139
 testimony

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:57.500
 in 2

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.519
 Corinthians

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.019
 1

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.359
 4

00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:01.139
 God

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.659
 will comfort

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:02.359
 us in

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.039
 all our

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.479
 affection

00:24:03.479 --> 00:24:04.439
 so that

00:24:04.439 --> 00:24:04.839
 we may

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.619
 be able

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:06.099
 to comfort

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.539
 those

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.240
 who are

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.819
 in any

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.479
 affliction

00:24:08.479 --> 00:24:10.159
 with the

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.459
 comfort

00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:11.039
 with which

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.959
 we ourselves

00:24:11.959 --> 00:24:12.879
 are comforted

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.339
 by God.

00:24:13.979 --> 00:24:14.439
 So

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.899
 I'm so

00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.619
 thankful that

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.459
 I went

00:24:17.459 --> 00:24:17.799
 through this

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.399
 experience

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.300
 and also

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:20.300
 think about

00:24:20.300 --> 00:24:21.519
 the topic

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.720
 of

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.240
 thanksgiving.

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:22.900
 This is

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.900
 worth for

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.300
 us to

00:24:24.300 --> 00:24:24.960
 give thanks

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.940
 even in

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.580
 bad times.

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.560
 One final

00:24:32.560 --> 00:24:32.960
 point.

00:24:35.080 --> 00:24:35.780
 Sorry.

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.019
 One final

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.320
 point.

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.040
 In

00:24:39.040 --> 00:24:40.460
 Colossians

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.240
 chapter 1

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.180
 12 to

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.720
 14

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.740
 Paul

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.380
 encouraged

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.000
 the believers

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.680
 to thank

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.180
 God the

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:46.519
 Father

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.360
 for the

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:47.800
 salvation

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.159
 through

00:24:48.159 --> 00:24:48.659
 redemption

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.319
 work of

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.480
 his

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.659
 Son.

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.180
 Now

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.419
 this

00:24:51.419 --> 00:24:54.379
 thanksgiving

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:54.919
 does not

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.579
 depend on

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:55.960
 any

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.599
 circumstances.

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.339
 So

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.579
 the

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:58.839
 word

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.079
 say

00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.399
 giving

00:24:59.399 --> 00:24:59.779
 thanks

00:24:59.779 --> 00:24:59.980
 to

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.159
 the

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.460
 Father

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.419
 who

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:01.619
 has

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.139
 qualified

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.460
 you

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.659
 to

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.039
 share

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.240
 in

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.379
 the

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.919
 inheritance

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.240
 of

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.399
 the

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:04.659
 saints

00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:04.879
 in

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.200
 light.

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.259
 He

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.460
 has

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.819
 delivered

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.159
 us

00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.359
 from

00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.559
 the

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.059
 domain

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.339
 of

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.799
 darkness

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.359
 and

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:09.919
 transferred

00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:10.339
 us

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.599
 to

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:10.759
 the

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 kingdom

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 of

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 his

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 beloved

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 Son

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 in

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 whom

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 we

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 have

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 redemption

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 the

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 forgiveness

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 of

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 sins.

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 So

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 it is

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 another

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 way

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 of

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 saying

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 we

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 give

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 thanks

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 to

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 God

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 for

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 adopting

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 us

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 as

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 his

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 children

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 saving

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 us

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 from

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 his

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 death

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 and

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 giving

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 us

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 an

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 eternal

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 life

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 and

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 forgiving

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 us

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 our

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 sins.

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 But

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 we

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 often

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 overlook

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 one

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 very

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 important

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 thing

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 is

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 the

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 gift

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 of

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 all

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 gifts

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 from

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 God

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 his

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 only

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 begotten

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 son

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 the

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 person

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 Jesus

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 said

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 very

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 famous

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 that

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 way

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 the

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 truth

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 and

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 the

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 life

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 no

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 one

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 comes

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 to

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 the

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 father

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 except

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 through

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 me

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 in

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 other

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 words

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 he

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 is

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 not

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 only

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 the

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 giver

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 of

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 all

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 things

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 but

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 also

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 the

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 gift

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 himself

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 I

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 found

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 what

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 pastor

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 John

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 Piper

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 if

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 you

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 know

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 him

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 said

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 one

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 of

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 the

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 in

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 his

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 writing

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 articulate

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 this

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 very

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 well

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 which

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 communicate

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 with

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 you

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 ultimately

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 the

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 aim

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 of

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 God's

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 work

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 redemption

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 is

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 not

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 that

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 through

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 Christ

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 we

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 may

00:26:32.659 --> 00:26:32.899
 have

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 salvation

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 but

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.919
 that

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.199
 through

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 salvation

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 we

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.459
 may

00:26:37.459 --> 00:26:37.699
 have

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 Christ

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.200
 the

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 all

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 satisfying

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 treasure

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 we

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 need

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 to

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 ask

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 ourselves

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 these

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 questions

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 do

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 we

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:47.919
 treasure

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.399
 Christ

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 as

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 a

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 person

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 or

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 we

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 always

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.480
 look

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.659
 at

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:51.919
 the

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 gifts

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 do

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.000
 we

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.319
 treasure

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.799
 Christ

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 as

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 a

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 person

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 do

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 we

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 love

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 him

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 do

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:57.759
 we

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:57.939
 do

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.159
 what

00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:58.359
 he

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:58.539
 is

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 pleasing

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.279
 to

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 him

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 do

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 we

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.579
 long

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.740
 for

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:01.980
 him

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 do

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.419
 we

00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:02.599
 long

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:02.759
 for

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:02.939
 his

00:27:02.939 --> 00:27:03.259
 second

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.659
 coming

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 do

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 we

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.720
 long

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 for

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 the

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 coming

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 of

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 Christ

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:09.039
 so

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 I

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.740
 encourage

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.440
 all of

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.579
 us

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:10.859
 including

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.319
 myself

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.720
 in

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 2025

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.779
 let's

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:14.980
 our

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.720
 thanksgiving

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.720
 center

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.000
 on

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 Christ

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 always

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:20.099
 the

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.380
 giver

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:20.599
 of

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:20.819
 all

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.200
 things

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.880
 whether

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.140
 this

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.380
 is a

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.519
 good

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.839
 time

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.359
 or

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.599
 bad

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 times

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 let

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 us

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 pray

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 father

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:28.940
 god

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.220
 thank

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.359
 you

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:29.740
 for

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.700
 your

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.160
 message

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.539
 thank

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.680
 you

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.099
 for

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.459
 helping

00:27:33.459 --> 00:27:33.799
 me

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:35.519
 to

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.740
 say

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:35.899
 the

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.159
 things

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:36.359
 that

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.559
 I

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.759
 want

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:36.879
 to

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.079
 say

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:38.219
 thank

00:27:38.219 --> 00:27:38.359
 you

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.839
 for

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.819
 the

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.439
 congregation

00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:40.819
 thank

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:40.919
 you

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.079
 for

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.279
 brother

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.439
 and

00:27:41.439 --> 00:27:41.639
 sister

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:41.959
 here

00:27:41.959 --> 00:27:43.059
 may

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.279
 your

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.539
 holy

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:43.939
 spirit

00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.279
 work

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.439
 in

00:27:44.439 --> 00:27:44.639
 each

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:44.799
 one

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:44.939
 of

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.240
 us

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:47.500
 that

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.919
 we

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.119
 take

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.439
 home

00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:50.319
 an

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.659
 important

00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.139
 message

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.500
 of

00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:53.639
 the

00:27:53.639 --> 00:27:53.959
 gift

00:27:53.959 --> 00:27:54.240
 of

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.519
 Jesus

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:54.980
 Christ

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.259
 in

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.439
 our

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:55.839
 lives

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:57.119
 in

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.359
 Jesus

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.599
 name

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:57.759
 we

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:57.959
 pray

00:27:57.959 --> 00:27:58.759
 amen

00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:05.180
 we

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.700
 we

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.759
 we

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.339
 we

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.319
 we

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.500
 pray

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.119
 we

00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:11.000
 have

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.259
 some

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.140
 of

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 our

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 heart

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.500
 we

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.000
 have

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 you

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.440
 are

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 die

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.079
 we

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:22.819
 who

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 amer

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 our

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��

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 our

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 our